Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

General references

Bible References

Doeg

1 Samuel 22:9
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s servants, replied, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech [the priest] the son of Ahitub.

He fell

2 Chronicles 24:21
So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.
Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment,
Because he was determined to follow man’s command (vanities, filth, secular precepts).
Hosea 7:3

They make the king glad with their wickedness,
And the princes with their lies.
Micah 6:16

“For [you have kept] the statutes of Omri [the idolatrous king],
And all the works of the [wicked] house (dynasty) of Ahab;
And you walk in their counsels and policies.
Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror
And your [city’s] inhabitants for ridicule,
And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”
Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,
They leave nothing for the morning.
Acts 26:10
And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only locked up many of the saints (God’s people) in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

Fourscore

1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and that of [Aaron] your father would walk [in priestly service] before Me forever.’ But now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be insignificant and contemptible.
1 Samuel 3:12
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken concerning his house (family), from beginning to end.

General references

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.